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Taxonomy
Family:
NACELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Nacellidae (Family)
> Cellana (Genus)
> ornata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bertinia Jousseaume, 1883
=Granopatella Pallary, 1920
=Helcion (Helcioniscus) Dall, 1871
=Helcioniscus Dall, 1871
=Nacella (Cellana) H. Adams, 1869
Synonymised Names:
=Patella luctuosa Gould, 1846
=Patella margaritaria Reeve, 1855
=Patella nodosa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
=Patella ornata Dillwyn, 1817
Images: Cellana ornata (Dillwyn, 1817)
On mid-tidal rocks, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ. 35mm
Sullivan's Bay, Mahurangi, Auckland, NZ
An eroded shell from Manu Bay, Raglan, Waikato, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
NACELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Nacellidae (Family)
> Cellana (Genus)
> ornata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bertinia Jousseaume, 1883
=Granopatella Pallary, 1920
=Helcion (Helcioniscus) Dall, 1871
=Helcioniscus Dall, 1871
=Nacella (Cellana) H. Adams, 1869
Synonymised Names:
=Patella luctuosa Gould, 1846
=Patella margaritaria Reeve, 1855
=Patella nodosa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
=Patella ornata Dillwyn, 1817
Details: Cellana ornata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Size/Grows to:
Length 50mm, Width 40mm, Height 12mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island
Geographical Range:
ACFE.
Notes:
Ornate Limpet, Marine, Endemic, On mid tidal rocks
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.43)
  • Dillwyn, L. 1817 A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy 1, London: John and Arthur Arch (p.1029) Original Description

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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